Pan on Galaxies NGC 4298 & NGC 4302 | Hubble

Pan on Galaxies NGC 4298 & NGC 4302 | Hubble

This video pans over NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope observations of the two galaxies known as NGC 4298 and NGC 4302. Distance: 55 million light-years away 

Galaxy NGC 4298 is seen almost face-on, allowing us to see its spiral arms and the blue patches of ongoing star formation and young stars. In the edge-on disc of NGC 4302 huge swathes of dust are responsible for the mottled brown patterns, but a burst of blue to the side of the galaxy is indicating a region of extremely vigorous star formation.

Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)/Hubble 

Duration: 40 seconds

Release Date: April 20, 2017

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